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Anesthesiologists
would aim to provide good pain relief without impeding
your ability to move your legs or push the baby out
during childbirth. In other words, you will be pain
free but you will be able to move your legs during
epidural analgesia. A relatively new development
is 'walking epidural' (see section on "Walking
epidural"), which allows the patient to stand up
and walk during labor. Although you may feel strong
enough to stand up and move around, some hospital
policies may not allow you to walk once your epidural is in place.
Depending upon
one's
requirements for local anesthetic medications via
epidural, occasionally one can have transient weakness
of legs hampering your ability to move your legs which
should resolve over time. The anesthesiologist with the
assistance of your labor and delivery nurse would
monitor requirements of local anesthetic medications via
epidural route.
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